WEST VIRGINIA RECORD

DANVILLE, Va. – A confidential settlement has been reached to end a $1 billion lawsuit between a host of companies owned by Gov. Jim Justice, and those companies’ veteran creditor, the Martinsville-based Carter Bank & Trust.

PHILADELPHIA – Oklahoma and West Virginia can be added to the growing list of states seeking to formally reject the American Law Institute’s controversial Restatement of the Law of Liability Insurance - a project that some see as evidence of an ideological shift at the organization that amounts to a power-trip.